Opinion of Luiz Ignacio Lula de Silva

[buritobr]

FF

Third best president Brazil ever had.
Good domestic policies.
Correct view on Gaza.
His statement last year about "Russia and Ukraine are equally guilty" was bad. I admit. Russia is guilty. But we should remember that 2/3 of the mankind leave in a country which is not sanctioning Russia.

Brazil is not a part of the west, and so, it should not behave as if it was. And we consider that the "west" is really the "north".

[buritobr]

Elements of whackjobbery will always be inherent in the third world, because these officials ultimately reflect the feelings and emotions of their constituents.

Just sayin'

Anti-western-imperialism social-conservative anti-racist leftists are an important group to most left wing coalitions in the region. Any left wing politician that wants to win a presidential race in the region has to somehow appeal to them.

There are no social conservatives in Lula's coalition. PT candidates for executive branches say that they don't support the legalization of abortion and cannabis when they are asked, in order to not loose some important votes. But the anti-PT candidates are the ones who use the anti-abortion as a campaign issue. Collor 1989, Serra 2010 and Bolsonaro 2018&2022 did it.
As I mentioned in another thread, Latin America has different polarization in comparison to Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. Here, the social progressives are on the same side of the ones who support a more active public sector in the economy and a more independent foreign policy. The social conservatives are on the same side of the ones who support laissez-faire and automatic aligment with the US.
Peru is one of a few exceptions, in which there is an important social conservative left, as we could see in the election of Pedro Castilo.

[buritobr]

Lula never said he endorsed Russian invasion on Ukraine.

Lula met Putin many times in 2003-2010 due to the Brics. Since the war started, he didn't meet Putin yet. Probably they will meet in the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro which will take place on November 2024. Lula has already met Zelenski in NYC on September 2023.

[buritobr]

From 1945 to 2024, Lula had FF and HP parts of this life, like any other human being. But on balance, he is FF. In October 2026, I will evaluate again, but my evaluation will depend on the sucess/failure of his administration.

I really don't care if he said something some people dislike about Israel. The most important issues related to Gaza is that more than 1% of the population is already dead, many people are starving, there is a lack of medicine, there are amputasions without anesthesics, more than half of the buildings were already destroyed, and a minister of Netanyahu administration told that she is proud of the ruins of Gaza.
The choice of words made by Lula to describe what is happening in Gaza is a minor issue. Some people might think it is correct, some people might think it is not correct, but it is not the most important topic concerning Gaza.